This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1988 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best
Men's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field World Record 1:19:12 June 21, 1987 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East GermanyBroken records during the 1988 season in track and field World Record 1:19:08 July 30, 1988 Kiev, Soviet Union
1988 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:19:08 Kiev, Soviet Union 30 July 1988 WR 2 1:19:16 3 1:19:39 4 1:19:47 5 1:19:57 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988 6 1:20:00 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988 7 1:20:06 8 1:20:08 9 1:20:10 101:20:14 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988 12 1:20:17 13 1:20:19 14 1:20:34 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988 15 1:20:39 16 1:20:40 18 1:20:43 Sofia, Bulgaria 26 June 1988 NR Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988
Men's 50 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field World Record 3:38:17 May 25, 1986 Potsdam, East Germany
1988 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:38:29 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 2 3:38:56 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 3 3:39:45 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 4 3:41:00 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 5 3:43:03 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 6 3:44:07 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 AR 7 3:44:27 NR 8 3:44:49 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 NR 9 3:44:57 10 3:46:30 11 3:46:31 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 12 3:46:52 13 3:47:14 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 14 3:47:30 15 3:47:31 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 16 3:48:08 17 3:48:09 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 18 3:48:15 Seoul, South Korea 30 September 1988 19 3:48:39 20 3:48:53
Women's 5 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field World Record 20:34 September 24, 1987 Hildesheim, West Germany
1988 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 20:52 Adelaide, Australia 16 October 1988 2 21:10 AR 3 21:21 4 21:53 5 21:54 6 21:56 7 22:02 8 22:03 922:05 11 22:11 12 22:13 13 22:14 14 22:15 15 22:18 16 22:20 17 22:21 18 22:24 19 22:30 2022:32
Women's 10 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field World Record 42:52 May 4, 1987 Melbourne, AustraliaBroken records during the 1988 season in track and field World Record 41:30 August 27, 1988 Canberra, Australia
1988 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 41:30 Canberra, Australia 27 August 1988 WR 2 43:26 3 43:29 4 43:37 5 43:43 6 43:53 7 44:13 8 44:16 9 44:20 10 44:21 11 44:26 NR 12 44:33 NR 13 44:54 14 44:57 15 44:58 16 44:59 NR 17 45:00 18 45:01 19 45:12 20 45:17
References maik-richter alltime-athletics